Coalition Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Positions In Kobane But The City Is Expected To Fall

Coalition Air Attacks Target ISIL In Kobane -- Al Jazeera

Strikes hit centre of Syrian city, as ISIL fighters penetrate for the first time, sparking street-to-street fighting.



Fresh air strikes by the US-led coalition have hit positions held by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the southwest of the key Syrian border city of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab.



Tuesday's strikes came a day after ISIL fighters pushed into Kobane, seizing three districts in the city's east and raising the group's black flags after fierce street battles with its Syrian-Kurdish defenders.



Al Jazeera's Yilmaz Akinci, reporting from the Turkish border near Kobane on Tuesday, said that coalition air strikes had hit the centre of the city.



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More News In The Battle For The Syrian - Kurdish City Of Kobane

Airstrikes try to stop ISIL march on key Syrian town -- USA Today

Kobane: IS fighters targeted by new air strikes -- BBC

Airstrikes hit IS in Kobane as battle for town continues (Video) -- BBC

Airstrikes target ISIS near Kobani: 'Finally, they are hitting the right places' -- CNN

Report: US strikes ISIS at besieged border town -- The Hill

Coalition’s Airstrikes Hit IS Positions in Syrian Border Town Kobani -- RIA Novosti



ISIS Close to Seizing City on Turkey-Syria Border Despite U.S.-Led Airstrikes -- Slate

Kobane: Islamic State widens attack on border town -- BBC

Islamic State Enters Kobani Amid Street Fight With Kurds -- Bloomberg

Jihadists penetrate key Syrian town of Kobane -- The Australian

Islamic State crisis: Syrian Kurds battle to keep hold of strategic Kobane -- BBC

Syria border town Kobane 'about to fall' as hundreds dead -- AFP

At least 400 people killed in battle for Syria's Kobani: monitoring group -- Reuters

Kurdish Fighters in Syrian Border Town Urge Civilians to Flee -- VOA



Turkey says Syrian town about to fall as Islamic State moves in -- Reuters

Kobani, Syria about to fall to ISIS, Erdogan says -- CTV/AP

Turkish president says Kobani about to fall to 'IS' -- Deutsche Welle

Despite US-led Airstrikes, Kobani Expected to Fall to IS -- VOA

Kobani is about to fall to jihadists - Turkey's president -- RT

Turkey says Kobani ‘about to fall’ as Islamic State advances -- Irish Times

Turkey’s President Calls for Ground Troops to Fight Islamic State -- WSJ

French discussing Kobani action with Turks: minister -- Reuters



Kobane in crisis: A look at a Syrian town at the center of the Islamic State fight -- Dan Lamothe, Washington Post

Kobani under siege: Why it's a pivotal moment in Islamic State's rise -- Globe and Mail

Are the Airstrikes Against ISIS Working? -- Cassandra Vinograd, NBC

Saving Kobane from IS needs more than air strikes -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

Media alarmed as Islamic State enters Kobane -- BBC

Kobane: Survival stories from Kobane refugees -- Rengin Arslan, BBC